Comments for Non Sermoni Res http://willgwitt.org Musings About Theology, Mostly Thu, 23 May 2013 16:32:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 Comment on Grace That is Greater Than All our Sin: A Lenten Sermon by Frank Wheeler http://willgwitt.org/sermons/grace-that-is-greater-than-all-our-sin/comment-page-1/#comment-1225 Frank Wheeler Thu, 23 May 2013 16:32:18 +0000 http://willgwitt.org/?p=1387#comment-1225 Hi Bill! The other day I was singing a song chorus written by our music director , the words: "Grace that is greater than all our sin" and as I was singing the chorus I had an inkling to just type in your name as a search to update myself on how you're doing and see if you had more to read. So, of course, guess what popped up when I opened your blog, the title of this sermon! How fun! Keep up the great work, rightly dividing the word! That's the only way to serve it! In Christ, Frank Wheeler Hi Bill!
The other day I was singing a song chorus written by our music director , the words: “Grace that is greater than all our sin” and as I was singing the chorus I had an inkling to just type in your name as a search to update myself on how you’re doing and see if you had more to read. So, of course, guess what popped up when I opened your blog, the title of this sermon! How fun! Keep up the great work, rightly dividing the word! That’s the only way to serve it! In Christ, Frank Wheeler

]]> Comment on What is Anglican Theology? by Kevin Maney+ http://willgwitt.org/what_is_anglican_theology/comment-page-1/#comment-1222 Kevin Maney+ Wed, 22 May 2013 18:23:51 +0000 http://willgwitt.org/#comment-1222 Thanks for this, Bill; it's a terrific resource and well-balanced (you write like you're a doggone Anglican!). :-) I do have a question. On pp. 15-16 of the PDF you state that, "Later 'Arminian' types of Evangelicalism tended to move the focus from the prior will of God to the response of the human free will. In both cases, the sacraments tended to be superfluous." Fr. John Wesley was Arminian and as you surely know, sacraments for him were anything but superfluous. Were you talking about movements other than Methodism or did you mean to include them in this statement? Thanks for this, Bill; it’s a terrific resource and well-balanced (you write like you’re a doggone Anglican!). :-)

I do have a question. On pp. 15-16 of the PDF you state that, “Later ‘Arminian’ types of Evangelicalism tended to move the focus from the prior will of God to the response of the human free will. In both cases, the sacraments tended to be superfluous.”

Fr. John Wesley was Arminian and as you surely know, sacraments for him were anything but superfluous. Were you talking about movements other than Methodism or did you mean to include them in this statement?

]]> Comment on About Me by Frank Wheeler http://willgwitt.org/about/comment-page-1/#comment-1207 Frank Wheeler Tue, 14 May 2013 13:16:40 +0000 #comment-1207 Hi Bill! Tell Jennie that I honestly thought that the picture of you was a photograph! I had to go back up and look at it and it still looks like it! What a concept! Art that looks real! She's obviously very talented and skilled! I suppose she's a "lay" artist much as you are a "lay" theologian! I guess that makes me a novice or a dabbler! It's good to see your blog and your articles as you "rightly divide" the Word. Frank Hi Bill! Tell Jennie that I honestly thought that the picture of you was a photograph! I had to go back up and look at it and it still looks like it! What a concept! Art that looks real! She’s obviously very talented and skilled! I suppose she’s a “lay” artist much as you are a “lay” theologian! I guess that makes me a novice or a dabbler! It’s good to see your blog and your articles as you “rightly divide” the Word. Frank

]]> Comment on The Modern Debate About Normative Infant Baptism: A Discussion and Bibliography by Frank Wheeler http://willgwitt.org/modern-debate-about-normative-infant-baptism/comment-page-1/#comment-1203 Frank Wheeler Mon, 13 May 2013 21:55:18 +0000 http://willgwitt.org/?page_id=221#comment-1203 Wonderfully laid out William! And knowing you, that it is probably mostly just off the top of your head, documentation and all, I'm doubly and duly impressed! Way to go! Wonderfully laid out William! And knowing you, that it is probably mostly just off the top of your head, documentation and all, I’m doubly and duly impressed! Way to go!

]]> Comment on Jesus and the Canaanite Woman by Leia http://willgwitt.org/sermons/jesus-and-the-canaanite-woman/comment-page-1/#comment-1177 Leia Thu, 25 Apr 2013 08:56:03 +0000 http://willgwitt.org/?p=1295#comment-1177 Nice post. I learn something totally new and challenging on websites I stumbleupon everyday. It's always interesting to read through articles from other writers and use something from their sites. Nice post. I learn something totally new and
challenging on websites I stumbleupon everyday.

It’s always interesting to read through articles from other writers and use something from their sites.

]]> Comment on Grace That is Greater Than All our Sin: A Lenten Sermon by William McKeachie http://willgwitt.org/sermons/grace-that-is-greater-than-all-our-sin/comment-page-1/#comment-1110 William McKeachie Mon, 04 Mar 2013 15:17:33 +0000 http://willgwitt.org/?p=1387#comment-1110 Long for an Anglican sermon, some might think ;) ! Amazingly succinct yet 'sufficient' indeed as an expression of the infinite reach of the Gospel of the Cross of Christ. Magisterial -- many thanks! His judgment and His 'hesed' go together like the covenant called 'love and marriage' -- His with His Bride. Long for an Anglican sermon, some might think ;) ! Amazingly succinct yet ‘sufficient’ indeed as an expression of the infinite reach of the Gospel of the Cross of Christ. Magisterial — many thanks! His judgment and His ‘hesed’ go together like the covenant called ‘love and marriage’ — His with His Bride.

]]> Comment on Answers to New Atheist Questions: Part 1 — Epistemology by shamayim http://willgwitt.org/metaphysics/answers-to-new-atheist-questions-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-1078 shamayim Wed, 08 Aug 2012 21:01:46 +0000 http://willgwitt.org/?p=962#comment-1078 It's good to see religious people who still know how to use logic. Epistemology and logical thinking is important for religion, Christianity specifically. Most atheists who have an argument like Dale seem to think we have a completely different understanding of life the universe and everything. In a lot of ways that is very true, however Christian's still understand how gravity works. It’s good to see religious people who still know how to use logic. Epistemology and logical thinking is important for religion, Christianity specifically. Most atheists who have an argument like Dale seem to think we have a completely different understanding of life the universe and everything. In a lot of ways that is very true, however Christian’s still understand how gravity works.

]]> Comment on Icons of Christ: A Sermon Preached at the Ordination of David Booman to the Priesthood by Bill Russell http://willgwitt.org/anglicanism/icons-of-christ-an-ordination-sermon/comment-page-1/#comment-1072 Bill Russell Sun, 22 Jul 2012 00:57:05 +0000 http://willgwitt.org/?p=1237#comment-1072 Nicely done, Dr. Witt. Charles Simeon would be very pleased! Nicely done, Dr. Witt. Charles Simeon would be very pleased!

]]> Comment on The Christology of Cyril of Alexandria and Its Contemporary Implications by Ann Tefft http://willgwitt.org/the-christology-of-cyril-of-alexandria/comment-page-1/#comment-1069 Ann Tefft Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:34:30 +0000 http://willgwitt.org/?page_id=207#comment-1069 Hi Bill, Just rediscovered your website as a result of your posting that the Orthodox posted your article on one of their websites. Your excellent article kept me entertained on my trip back from Kansas to see our daughter who is having a baby. I had discovered Cyril via an Orthodox friend - really want to take a patristics course one of these days. Hi Bill,

Just rediscovered your website as a result of your posting that the Orthodox posted your article on one of their websites. Your excellent article kept me entertained on my trip back from Kansas to see our daughter who is having a baby.

I had discovered Cyril via an Orthodox friend – really want to take a patristics course one of these days.

]]> Comment on Why Not Leave? by Alice C. Linsley http://willgwitt.org/anglicanism/why-not-leave/comment-page-1/#comment-1068 Alice C. Linsley Tue, 05 Jun 2012 03:03:54 +0000 http://willgwitt.org/?p=15#comment-1068 This is the best explanation I have read for why one should remain Anglican. I'm going to link to this at Just Genesis. Where I live there are now 4 or 5 solid Anglican congregations, but when I was leaving ECUSA 9 years ago, Kentucky had only revisionist congregations under Bishop Sauls. My choices were either Roman Catholicism or Eastern Orthodoxy. I chose the latter because there is an overlap between classical Anglicanism and Orthodoxy. Most people don't see this because they only compare the liturgies, not the theology and emphasis on the Patristics. The Post-Vatican II liturgy of the Roman Church in America is very familiar to Episcopalians. The liturgy of St. John Chrysostom is not familiar. My priest teases me that he can't get the Anglican out of me. I was Anglican for a long time and a ECUSA priest of 13 years. I laugh and remind him that the Anglican part of me is the part that agrees with the Orthodox part. This is the best explanation I have read for why one should remain Anglican. I’m going to link to this at Just Genesis.

Where I live there are now 4 or 5 solid Anglican congregations, but when I was leaving ECUSA 9 years ago, Kentucky had only revisionist congregations under Bishop Sauls. My choices were either Roman Catholicism or Eastern Orthodoxy. I chose the latter because there is an overlap between classical Anglicanism and Orthodoxy. Most people don’t see this because they only compare the liturgies, not the theology and emphasis on the Patristics. The Post-Vatican II liturgy of the Roman Church in America is very familiar to Episcopalians. The liturgy of St. John Chrysostom is not familiar.

My priest teases me that he can’t get the Anglican out of me. I was Anglican for a long time and a ECUSA priest of 13 years. I laugh and remind him that the Anglican part of me is the part that agrees with the Orthodox part.

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